PRINCE'S  ANNUAL  CATALOGUE 

OF 

ESCULENT  VEGETABLE 

AND 

OTHER  SEEDS, 

OF   THE 

CHOICEST  AMERICAN  AND  IMPORTED  VARIETIES. 


PRINCE'S  LINN/EAN  BOTANIC  GARDEN  AND  NURSERIES, 

FliUSmWCJ,  NEAR  NEW- YORK. 

WM.  R.  PRINCE   &  CO.  Proprietors. 


All  orders  are  to  be  addressed  to  Wm.  R.  Prince  «&  Co.,  and  no  other 
person  whatever  in  this  town  is  authorized  to  receive  any  orders  for  this 
EstabUshment. 

O"  The  accuracy  and  excellence  of  the  Seeds  is  expressly  guaranteed. 
The  prices  are  fixed  at  the  lowest  Cash  rates,  but  where  a  draft  at 
90  days  or  4  months  is  sent  with  the  order,  or  the  payment  is  satisfactorily 
arranged  otherwise  by  correspondence,  and  a  good  understanding  established, 
a  liberal  credit  mutually  convenient  will  be  allowed.  We  will  also  supply 
Garden  Seeds,  put  up  m  small  parcels  ,  at  $30  per  thousand,  such 
as  are  retailed  at  6  to  8  cents  each.  All  orders  for  Seeds  should  be 
sent  direct  by  Mail. 

Catalogues  of  the  Trees,  Shrubs,  and  Plants,  Bulbous  Flower  Roots, 
i>ahlias.  Green  House  Plants,  &c.  will  be  sent  to  every  post  pgdd  applicant. 


N  E  W- YORK: 

PRINTED    BY    WILLIAM    OSBORN> 

88  William-street. 

1846. 


CATALOGUE. 


ARTICHOKE,  Globe, 

ASPARAGUS,  Common,       .... 

Large  German,  Giant,  or  Early  Dutch,   . 

Lar;te  While  Reading,  or  Gravesend, 
BEANS,  English  Dwarf— 

Broad  Windsor,  or  Toker, 

Green  Windsor,  or  Green  Lima, 

Sword  Long  Pod,  »cryproZi/?c, 

Nonpareil,  green, 

Early  Mazagan, 

BEANS,  Kidney,  Dwarf  Bush  or  Snaps — 

Early  White  Cluster 

Early  Mohawk,  Six  Weeks,    . 

Yellow  Six  Weeks, 

Early  dun  colored,  or  Quaker, 

China  Dwarf,  white  with  red  eye,     . 

Dwarf  Crescent,  or  Halfmoon,  white  with 
pink  eye, 

Dwarf  White  Cranberry, 

Dwarf  Red  Cranberry,     .... 

Yellow  Cranberry, 

Large  White  Kidney,  or  Royal  Dwarf, 

Warrington,  Red  Marrow,  or  Red  Valentine, 

Early  Yellow  Rob  Roy,    .... 

Refugee,  or  Thousand  to  One,  . 

French  Red  Speckled,  or  Red  Swiss, 

Early  Rachel,  speckled,    .... 
^il'^i  fEarly  White  Flageolet,  earliest  of  all, 
^•1    ^|o  1      and  very Jine,         .... 
tills  I  Early   Gray,    or  Bagnolet,   superior 
a  §  i  "i^  «  '\     .for  pickling,  .... 

2  sit.  1^  I  Gray  Swiss,  or  Dwarf  Bagnolet,     . 
g-2sHo  I  Dwarf  White  Soissons, 
t^^if  l^  French  lied  Orleans,  very  early, 


Per  oz. 
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37 
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37 
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37 

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37 


Per  Pound. 
Dollars.     Cents. 


Per 


Bushel. 


JV. 


B.  —  There  U  often  avariaxion  of  5^  cents  per  bushel  in  the  prices  of  the  above  Beans. 

Per  Bushel. 
Dollars,  i  Cents. 


BEANS,  Pole  or  Climbing— 

Large  White  Lima, 

Carolina  Lima,  or  Seiva,  .... 

Prolific  Lima,  early,  very  productive, 

Scarlet  Runners,  or  Spanish,  . 

Dutch  White  Runners 

Dutch  White  Case  Knife,  Snaps, 

Asparagus,  or  Yard  Pod,  . 

Cranberry,  Red,  Snaps,    .... 
White,  Snaps, 
Pink,  Speckled  or  Horticultural 

Soissons,  large  white,  excellent, 
BEET- 

Long  Blood  Red,  2  sorts,  .        .        .        • 

Early  Blood  Turnip-rooted,  very  sweet, 

Early  Yellow  Turnip-rooted,    . 

White  Suyar,  or  Early  White  Scarcity,   . 

Early  Red  Scarcity,         .... 

French  Yellow  Sugar  or  Amber, 

Mangold  Wurzel,^or^c/d  culture,  . 


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Cents 


37i 
25 
50j 
37! 
37, 
25i 
50, 
25 
25 
37 
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12 
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BEET— 

Great  Silver  White,  Swiss  Garde,  or  Sir  John 

Sinclair's 

Green  leaved, /or  stews  and  soups, . 
Long  White  Canada,        .... 

BORECOLE,  or  KALE,  Tall  green  curled  Scotch 
Kale,  German  Kale,  or  Siberian  Borecole, 
Dwarf  Green  curled,  or  German  greens, 
Purple,  Blue,  Red  or  Brown  Curled, 
BRUSSELS  SPROUTS,      .... 

BROCOLI.  Early  White,        .... 

Early  Purple,   ...... 

Early  Large  Purple  Cape, 
White  Cape,  or  Cauhflower,    . 
CABBAGE,  Early  May, Jirst  in  season, 
Earliest  French,  do. 

f  Early  York, 

M'Ewan's  early,  produces  second  heads, 
Early  Dwarf  or  Salisbury, 
*  ■{  Early  Royal  Dwarf,  very  early  and  sup^r^ 
Early  Dutch  or  Amsterdam,     • 
Early  Nonpareil,        .... 

Early  Screw, 

Early  Sugarloaf,  .... 
5  [  Early  Large  York,  or  Early  Harvest, 
^  ^  Early  Flat  Battersea,  early  Drumheador 

I      Harvest, 

(^Philadelphia, 

'  Early  Vanack, 

French  Ox  Heart,  Coeur  de  Bceuf,  . 

_  Late  Sugarloaf, 

•S I  <  Bonneuil,  or  St.  Dennis  Drumhead, 
%^l  Flat  or  Low  Dutch,  {Late  Dutch,)    . 
Superfine  Early  Paris,      .... 
Early  Wellington,  or  Royal  George, 

Early  Emperor 

Late  German,  or  Strasburgh,  largest, /or 

cattle, 

Large  Q-uintal,  or  Cwt.,    .... 

GreenGiazed,  for  warm  climates,    . 

Large  Late  Bergen,  or  Great  American, . 

Large  late  Drumhead,     .. 

Large  late  Flat  Battersea, 

Red  Headed  Dutch,  or  Red  Globe,  . 

Tree  or  Thousand  Headed, 

Large  Scotch,  or  Bullock,/or  cattle, 

Cow,  see  Ccesarian  Kale, 

Early  Dwarf  Savoy,         .        .        •        . 

Globe  Savoy,  fine  curled  green, 

Large  Cape  Savoy,  or  Drumhead  do.,    . 

Yellow  or  Golden  Savoy, 

Large  Pancalier  Green  Savoy  of  Tours,  for 

winter,  very  superior,    .... 
Green  or  White  Turnip-rooted,  above  ground, 

or  Kohl  Rabi, 

Purple  Turnip-rooted,  above  ground,  Arabian, 

Kohl  Rabi,  or  Egyptian  Kale,     . 
White  Turnip-rooted,  under  ground, 


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CABBAGE— 

Purple  Turnip-rooted,  under  ground, 
CARDOON,  French  large  solid,  of  Tours, 
CARROT,  Early  Scarlet  Horn,  or  Short  Orange, 

Long  Orange, 

Long  Red  Studley,  or  Scarlet  Surrey, 

Altringham,  long  scarlet,  very  fine. 

Blood  Red,  or  Purple, 
^t^  ^  Large  Yellow  Field,     . 
e)"^!  S  Large  Long  White, 
CAULIFLOWER,  Fine  Early,     . 

Half  Hardy,./br  all  seasons,    . 

Late  Dutch,  hardy,  .... 
CELERY,  White  solid 

Rose  colored  sohd.   .... 

Celeriac,  or  Turnip -rooted, 

Turkish,  or  Prussian  large  white  solid, 

New  Silver  Giant 

North's  Giant  Red,  .... 

Lion's  Paw,      .... 
CHERVIL,  for  salad,    .        •        .        . 
COLEWORT,  or  COLLARDS,    . 
CORN  SALAD,  Fciiicus,  or  Vettkost, . 
CRESS,  Curled,  or  Peppergrass,  . 

English  Winter,  or  Water  Cress,      . 

True  Water,  or  Winter,  or  Normandy, 
CUCUMBER,  Early  Frame,  . 

Early  Green  Cluster, 

Long  Green  Prickly, 

Early  Short  Green  Prickly, 

Long  Green  Turkey, 

Long  White      do. 

Long  White  Spined, 

Long  Green  Southgate,    . 

Small  Gherkin,  or  West  India, 
EGG  PLANT,  Purple,    . 

White,  {ornamental,) 
ENDIVE,  Succory,  or  Chicoree- 

Green  Curled,    . 

White  Curled,   . 

Broad  Leaved  Batavian,  for  tointer, 


for  pickleSi 


INDIAN  CORN- 

Sweet,  or  Sugar.^nc/brftotMng-,    . 

Golden  Sioux 

Early  Cdinaididin,white  and  yellow,  for  boiling, 
Early  Tuscarora,  white,  j^nc,  . 
Piedmont,  or  Yellow  Six  Weeks,    . 
Pearl,  Nonpareil,  or  Pop, 
Mottled,  large  and  small,  in  great  variety, 
Smith's  Early  White,  Early  Dutton,  White 
Flint,  Southern  White,  and  others, 

KALE,  or  KAIL,  Scotch  Green  Curled,  &c., 
Caesarian,  or  Cow  Cabbage,  for  cattle,  . 
Sea,  used  as  Asparagtis, .... 


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12 
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Per  Found. 
Dollars.     Cents. 


per  ear. 
cents. 
4 
4 
4 
6 
6 
6 
6 


per  oz. 


per  100 
ears, 
cents. 


per 


per  bush. 

shelled. 

cents. 


pound. 


LEEK,  Large  Scotch,  or  Flag, 

London 

HEAD  or  CABBAGE  LETTUCES- 

Early  Silesia,  Batavian,  or  Early  Ice, 

Royal  Cabbage,  Imperial  Cabbage,  or  Largej 

Asiatic,  superior  and  hardy^ 
Large  Green  Head,   Green  Cabbage,  Hardy 

Green,  for  winter,  coarse, 
Naples  Cabbage,  very  large  and  superior, 
Large  Calais,  large  heads,  and  very  fine, 
New  Imperial  Cabbage,  or  Large  German, 

monstrous  head, j 

"Rxov/n  Dnich,  hardy  for  winter,      .        .        I 
Madeira,  or  Passion,  superior,  very  hardy, 
Meterelle  Cabbage,  new  and  superior, 
Tennis  Ball,  Rose,  or  Apple,  for  winter  and 

early  spring, 

Grand  Admirable,  very  hardy,  coarse, 
Drumhead,  or  Malta,  .  •  .  . 
Versailles,  monstrous  size  and  superior, 
Large  Curled  India,  .... 
Lazy  Brown,  or  Large  Gray,  slow  head, 
Turkish,  or  Black  Seed  Imperial,  very  large 

andfine, 

COSS,  or  ROMAN  LETTUCES,  with  conical 

heads,  not  compact,  but  very  fine  flavored — 
Early  Green,  Egyptian,  or  Ice  Coss,  hardy, 
Florence,  Golden,  Malta,  or  Ice  Coss,  early, 

superior, 

Magnum  Bonum  Coss,  early,  . 

Bath,  or  Brown  Coss,       .        .        .        . 

White,  Brighton,  or  Imperial  Coss,  or  Loaf, 

early  and  hardy, 

Paris  or  French  Green  Coss,  early, 
Large  French  Blonde  Coss,  new  and  superior, 
MELON— 

Green  Citron,  green  fleshed, 
Pineapple  do. 

Persian  do. 

Nutmeg  do. 

Large  Yellow  Cantaloup, 
Pomegranate,  musk  scented, 
Minorca,  or  Netted  Cantaloup, 
Skilman's  Netted,  or  Black  Rock,  fine, 
Malta  Winter,  keeps  till  February, 
Long  Island  Water, 
Carolina  Water, 
Early  Apple  seed  Water,  . 
Goodwin's  new  Scarlet  flesh. 
Citron  Water,  for  preserves, 
MUSTAllD,  White, 

Brown,      .... 
NASTURTIUM,     .       .        . 

OKRA 

ONION,  Early  Silver  Skinned,  very  early^ 
White  Portugal,  or  Spanish 
Large  dark  red, 


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Cents. 


ONION,  Yellow  Dutch,  or  Straw  colored,    . 

Strasburgh,  or  Flanders, 

Madeira,  genuine^ 

ORACH  E,  Vsh'ne,  for  summer  spinage, 
PARSLEY,  Plain,  or  single, 

Curled,  or  double,     ..... 

Dwarf  curled,  or  extra  curled, 

Hamburgh,  or  Carrot-rooted,/or  ^o^cZtmafes, 
PARSNEP,  Large  long  Dutch,      . 

Long  Guernsey, ^nc,        .... 

PEAS,  Early  Six  Weeks,  2  feet,     . 
Earliest  Dwarf,^rje,  20  inches, 
Kean's  Seedling,  extra  early,  new^  2  feet. 
Early  Warwick,  extra  early,  neio,  . 
Early  Washington,  or  May,  2i  feet, 
Early  Frame,  or  June,  2ifeet, 
Early  Double  Blossom  Frame,  3.  feet,     . 
Early  Nimble  Dick,  2i  feet,      . 
Early  Cedu  NuUi,  1  foot, 
Groom's  Early  Dwarf,     .... 
Early  Charlton,  or  Hotspur,    . 
Bishop's  Early  Dwarf  Prolific,  1  foot,    . 
Knight's  Tall  Marrow,  or  Honey,  6  feet, 
Knight's  Dwarf  Marrow,  3  feet, 
Dwarf  VVhite  Marrowfat,  3i  feet,    . 
Large  Tall  Marrowfat,  white,  5  feet. 
Dwarf  Prolific,  Poor  Man's  pea.  Strawberry, 

U  foot, 

Early  Dwarf  Spanish,  or  Fan,  1  foot,     . 

Dwarf  blue  imperial,  or  Cimetar,  3  feet, 

Dwarf  Green  Marrow,  or  Waterloo  blue,  4  ft. 

Dwarf  blue  Prussian,  2i  feet, 

Tall  Sucar,  crooked  edible  pods,  5  feet,   . 

Dwarf  Sugar,  edible  pods,  2i  feet, 

Gray  Rouncival,  large,  6  feet, 

Woodford's   green    Marrow,    Nonesuch,    or 

Woodford's  tall  Prolific,  5  feet,     . 
Matchless  Marrow,  blue,  6  feet, 
Knight's  dwarf  green  marrow,  new, 
Giant  marrow,  netc,         .... 

PEPPER,  Bell  or  Oxheart 

Tomato  sha[>ed.  Squash,  or  Cheese,  red, 

Ditto,  do.  yellow, 

Cayenne,  Lady's  Finger,  Long  red,  or  Bird, 

Cherry,  or  Bird, 

Sweet  Spanish,  red,         ,        .        ,       . 

PUMPKIN,  Connecticut,  field,      . 

Fine  yellow  family, 

Large  Cheese, 

Cushaw,  or  potato,  .... 

Maimmolh,  has  weighed  200  \hs.      . 
Spanish  cheese,  very  solid  and  superior, 
PURSLANE,  Golden,    ..... 


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60 
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20 
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25 
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Per  Pound. 
Dollars.,     Cents. 


per 


per 


per 


per 


bushel. 


pound. 


quart. 


pouud. 


RADISH,  long  rooted— 

Earliest  French  scarlet,    .... 

Early  scarlet  short  top,  Early  Frame,  or 
Long  Scarlet,        ...•'. 

Salmon,  or  rose  colored, 

Lonw  Purple  or  Salad,      .... 

Naples,  or  long  white  transparent, 
RADISH,  Turnip,  Roundish  Rooted— - 

Early  Cherry,  or  Scarlet  Turnip,     . 

Early  White  Turnip,         .... 

Purple,  or  Violet  Turnip, 

Yellow  Turnip,  for  summer  and  autumn, 

White  Spanish,  or  white  fall,  very  hardy, 

Black  Spanish,/orya//  and  winter, 

RAMPION, 

RHUBARB,  Early  Tobolsk  for  Tarts,    • 

Myatt's  scarlet  Victoria,  do.    . 

ROQUETTE  {ajine  salad)  . 
SCALL.ION,  or  Welsh  Onion, 
SALSIFY,  or  VEGETABLE  OYSTER, 

SCORZONERA, 

SHALLOT, 

SKIRRET, 

SORREL,  Broad  leaved  garden,  for  salad, 
SPINACH,  Round,  for  summer  or  winter, 

Prickly,  or  Winter,   .... 

Savoy,  or  Flanders,  large  leaved,  and  suita- 
ble for  all  seasons,        .... 
SQUASH— 

<a  ("Early  Summer  Bush,  or  Dutch  Summer, 
p  I  Early  green  striped  Bush, 
C  I  Summer  crookneck,  running, 
"S  -{  Summer  bush  crookneck, 

Vegetable  marrow,  eaten  small,  delicious, 

Egg  or  Apple  Bush, 

^Butter,       .  • 

"Autumnal  marrow, 

White  Cushaw,/or  fall  and  early  winter, 

Yellow  VVmter,  or  Fall  crookneck, 

Canada  crookneck,  for  fall  and  winter, 

Cocoanut,  or  Porter's  Valparaiso,   . 

Acorn,  or  California    do.     do. 
TOMATO,  or  Love  Apple,  large  red. 

Large  yellow,  .... 

Pear  shaped, 

Cherry  or  cluster,      .... 
TURNIP,*  Eariv  white  Flat  Dutch,  or  spring, 

*Eariy  Snowball,    .... 

*Early  yellow  Dutch, 

♦Early  white  Garden  Stone,    . 

White  Flat  or  white  Globe,      . 

Yellow  hlat, 

*Red  Round,  or  Red  Top, 

Green  Round,  or  Green  Top,  . 

Large  English  Norfolk,  white  (for  field) 

Yellow  Aberdeen,  green  top  (for  field) 

Large  Yellow  Bullock,  purple  top  (do) 

*Long  Tankard,  or  Hanover, 

*  Yellow  Stone  Six  Weeks  or  Orange,    . 


per  oz. 

Per  Pound. 

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TURNIP,- 

*Yellow  Maltese,  .  .  .  .  ; 
Yellow  Swedish,  Russian,  or  Ruta  Ba^a, 
White  Swedish,  White  Ruta  Baga,  or  French 

Turnip,  excellent^         ....  12 

Yellow  Altringham,         ....  12 

♦Swan's  Egff 12 

Dale's  New  Yellow  Hybrid,    ...  18 

♦French  Long  Yellow,    ...»  12 

*  These  are  best  for  table  use. 

SWEET,  POT  AND  MEDICINAL  HERB  SEEDS. 
By  the  lb.  or  oz.  or  $3  per  hundred  small  parcels. 


per  oz. 
cents 
10 
12 


Per  Pound. 


ceatfe. 


Anise, 
Balm, 


-,  Lemon,  or  Moldavian, 


Basil,  Sweet 

Bene, 

Borage, 

Bugloss, 

Burnet,  Garden 

Caraway, 

Coriander, 

Cumin, 

Dill, 

Fenugreek, 

Fennel,  Sweet 

^  Large 

Hyssop, 


Lavendar, 
Lovage,  or  Livoice, 
Marjoram,  Sweet 

,  Winter,  or  Pot, 

Marygold,  Pot 

Mignonette, 

Poppy,  White,  or  Opium, 

,  other  varieties, 

Rosemary, 

Rue. 

Saffron,  or  Carthamus, 

Sage,  Garden 

Savory,  Slimmer 

Tansy, 

Thyme, 


FIELD  SEEDS,  &c. 


Althea  Frutex,  .        .        .        •        . 

Clover,  Red, 

,  White  Dutch, 

Canary,  for  birds,     .... 
Grass,  Ray  or  Rye, 

,  Pacey's  perennial  Rye  grass, 

Orchard,  or  Cocksfoot, 


62 
22  to  25 


5  00 
1  25 


Hawthorn  Berries,  for  hedge. 

Hemp,  for  birds, 

Honey  Locust,  for  hedge,        .        .        >       ^        .        . 

Lucerne, 

Mustard,  White, 

^,  Brown,  or  Black, 

Pinue  Balsamea,  or  Balm  of  Gilead  Fir, .... 

Rape,  for  birds, 

Yellow  Locust)  for  timber 

FLOWER  SEEDS- 

Annual  Flower  Seeds  of  300  finest  varieties,  $3  per  100 

parcels, 

ennial  and  Perennial  Flower  Seeds,  of  250  finest  va- 
rieties, $3  per  100  parcels, ^w        ,i. 

Splendid  Double  German  Balsam,  or  Lady  Slipper,  25  c.  per  oz.  or  82  per  ih. 

Splendid  German  Coxcomb,  16  varieties  mixed,  37  c.  per  oz.  or  $3  per  lb. 

Splendid  German  Holyhock,.all  colore,  37  c.  per  oz.  or  $4  per  lb. 

Convolvulus  Major,  12  c.  per  oz.  or  SI  per  lb. 

Scarlet,  25  c.  per  oz.  or  $2  per  lb. 

German  Stocks,  25  varieties  mixed,  50  c.  per  oz. 

Four-o'-Clock,  various  colors,  $1,50  per  lb. 

Cypress  Vine,  50  c.  per  oz. 


cents. 
100 

20  to  25 


25 


Bushel. 
$  cents. 


2  BO 


6  00 


